The special pacemaker inserted into Vice President Dick Cheney last weekend is a proven technology that has been around for more than a decade, Houston cardiologists said Monday. The small, ...

A new study shows that defibrillators – devices designed to detect and correct dangerous heart rhythms – can help people with heart disease live longer, and with a much better quality of life, than ...

A small Tulsa school is now ready to save the life of a child or even a teacher, thanks to a recent donation of a life-saving piece of equipment, which the school wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford.

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have designed a lightweight, easy-to-conceal shirtlike garment to deliver lifesaving shocks to patients experiencing serious heart problems. The students ...

If you've seen "ER" or pretty much any other medical show on TV, you've seen dramatic scenes of a defibrillator in action. The paddles placed on the patient's chest. The shout of "Clear!" The ...

For Natan Livschitz and other people with multiple sclerosis, an MRI is the single most important test their doctor has for diagnosing and tracking the debilitating central nervous system disease. But ...

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have designed a lightweight, easy-to-conceal shirtlike garment to deliver lifesaving shocks to patients experiencing serious heart problems. The students ...

SAN FRANCISCO (dpa) – They are installed in banks and shops, in the Fisherman’s Wharf tourist district of San Francisco and in the city hall. More than 100 of these easy-to-use lifesavers are waiting ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. LuAnn Michaelis was more excited that she’d live long enough to watch her granddaughter grow up than she was about getting a ...

When teaching others about AEDs, it is important to explain the three main types of defibrillators that currently exist. For basic life support, the AED is most often used. Another type of external ...